Governor Rotimi Amaechi's Global 5000 Bombardier Jet
Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has acquired a brand new
Bombardier Global 5000 (N565RS) for his exclusive use.
Mr. Amaechi’s lavish new “toy” comes at a time hundreds of thousands
of residents in his state are displaced by the worst flooding crisis in
the state’s history.
The newly purchased jet left Montreal-Trudeau Airport in Montreal,
Quebec to Dakar Yoff International Airport. And then it was delivered to
the state government on October 7th 2012.
The jet was primarily purchased from Bombardier in Canada for $45.7
million through the Bank of Utah Trustee account. “This is an ungodly
act,” said a Port Harcourt-based human rights campaigner. “Why should
Governor Amaechi’s priority be to acquire a jet at a time the state is
experiencing the worst flooding in its history, leaving many Rivers
indigenes homeless?” he added.
Last year Mr. Amaechi traded off the state’s current Embraer Legacy
600 claiming it was too expensive to maintain. There were also
unconfirmed claims that the jet was struck by lightning.
The oil-rich Rivers State already owns an AW139 helicopter which it
leased to Aero Contractors. The state then turned around to patronize
Aero’s VIP Sikorsky S76C helicopter at a cost one critic described as
“exorbitant and unjustified.”
Last year, the state government sold its Dash 8-Q200 aircraft to
Cross River State for $6 million. Cross River State then leased the
plane to Aero Contractors to undertake commercial flights to and from
Obudu airstrip in the state.
Rivers State owned Embraer Legacy 3000 jet solfd to Cross River's state at a giveaway price.
Rivers State owned Agusta Westland(AW) 139 leased to Aero Contractors
On October 13, 2012 Guava-bellied Governor Rotimi Amaechi and his wife
watching President Goodluck Jonathan speaking to citizens in Ahoada LGA
of the state, the area was devastated by flooding rendering thosands of
Rivers state citizens homeless, unknown to many Mr. Amaechi had just
taken delivery of a brand new $50 million Bombardier Global 5000 jet a
week earlier.
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